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	<title>Blackmoor Vituperative &#187; Software</title>
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	<description>the hate in my eyes always gives me away</description>
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		<title>Hexographer update</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The author of Hexographer, Joe, has revised the &#8220;lifetime&#8221; license of Hexographer so that it no longer self-destructs after one year. The flaws in the &#8220;free&#8221; and &#8220;one year&#8221; versions remain, however, so those should be avoided. However, if you like the software and feel it is worth paying for (and it certainly does seem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand patent reform bill says no to software patents</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I view this as good news: New Zealand&#8217;s parliament is preparing to vote on a major patent reform bill that will tighten the country&#8217;s standards of patentability. One of the most significant changes in the proposed bill is a specific patentability exclusion for software. If the bill receives parliamentary approval in its current form, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>13 Windows 7 tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are installing Windows 7, or if you just got a new computer, there are a few things you should do before you start using it. Here they are. Configure the Start Menu. Richt-click the Windows logo on the taskbar. Select &#8220;Properties&#8221;. On the &#8220;Start Menu&#8221; tab, click the &#8220;Customize&#8221; button. Computer: display as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Rights Mafia condemns open source</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bblackmoor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never content to twist US law into pretzels, the media robber barons also attempt to use their power to make other nation&#8217;s laws as bad as those we have here&#8230;. In accordance with US trade law, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) is required to conduct an annual review of the status of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OpenOffice.org 3.2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bblackmoor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OpenOffice.org 3.2 is now available, with a handful of new features and improved ODF compatibility. If you haven&#8217;t migrated from MS Office to OpenOffice&#8230; what are you waiting for? Hello? It&#8217;s 2010! Share var button = document.getElementById('facebook_share_link_1309') &#124;&#124; document.getElementById('facebook_share_icon_1309') &#124;&#124; document.getElementById('facebook_share_both_1309') &#124;&#124; document.getElementById('facebook_share_button_1309'); if (button) { button.onclick = function(e) { var url = this.href.replace(/share\.php/, 'sharer.php'); [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hexographer &#8212; defective by design</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bblackmoor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: see update 2010-04-28, below I recently encountered a mapping program intended for role-playing games, called Hexographer. It is an easy to use application that makes colorful game maps. There is a &#8220;free&#8221; version (not free as in speech &#8212; free as in beer), and a pay version. The free version is pretty nifty. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On-demand webinar: tips and strategies for moving to OpenOffice.org</title>
		<link>http://www.blackgate.net/blog/on-demand-webinar-tips-and-strategies-for-moving-to-openoffice-org/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bblackmoor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are considering migrating from another office productivity suite to OpenOffice (and if you are not considering that, you should), check out this Sun Microsystems on-demand webinar: tips and strategies for moving to OpenOffice.org. Share var button = document.getElementById('facebook_share_link_1090') &#124;&#124; document.getElementById('facebook_share_icon_1090') &#124;&#124; document.getElementById('facebook_share_both_1090') &#124;&#124; document.getElementById('facebook_share_button_1090'); if (button) { button.onclick = function(e) { var url [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Hat makes a strong case against software patents</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bblackmoor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red Hat has filed an amicus curiae brief in a major Supreme Court case. In the brief, Red Hat makes a strong case against software patents, arguing that the legal reasoning that led to software patents was flawed and that the pending Bilski case provides the Supreme Court with an important opportunity to rectify this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firefox tabs opening new windows</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bblackmoor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I discovered why the tabs in Firefox suddenly started moving themselves to new windows &#8212; and I found an addon to disable this annoying new feature. Share var button = document.getElementById('facebook_share_link_1007') &#124;&#124; document.getElementById('facebook_share_icon_1007') &#124;&#124; document.getElementById('facebook_share_both_1007') &#124;&#124; document.getElementById('facebook_share_button_1007'); if (button) { button.onclick = function(e) { var url = this.href.replace(/share\.php/, 'sharer.php'); window.open(url,'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436'); return false; } if (button.id [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OpenOffice Calc &#8211; odd roots of negative numbers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bblackmoor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all learned in grade school that the odd root of a negative number is also negative. The cube root of -8 is -2, for example. Mathematicians will tell you that -8 has two more roots, but these are not &#8220;real&#8221; numbers, and unless you are a mathematician, you will never need to know what [...]]]></description>
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